The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected
macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the
World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's
analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in
major country groups and in many individual countries. The WEO is
released in April and September/October each year.

Use this database to find data on national accounts, inflation,
unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for
countries and country groups (aggregates), and
commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF.

Data are available from 1980 to the present, and projections are
given for the next two years. Additionally, medium-term projections
are available for selected indicators. For some countries, data are
incomplete or unavailable for certain years.

Changes to the April 2014 Database

On January 1, 2014, Latvia became the 18th country to join the euro
area. Data for Latvia are not included in the euro area aggregates, because
the database has not yet been converted to euros, but are included in data
aggregated for advanced economies.

Starting with the April 2014 WEO, the Central and Eastern Europe and
Emerging Europe regions have been renamed Emerging and Developing Europe.
The Developing Asia region has been renamed Emerging and Developing Asia.

Projections for Ukraine are excluded due to the ongoing crisis.

The consumer price projections for Argentina are excluded because of a
structural break in the data. Please refer to note 6 in Table A7 of the
April 2014 WEO for further details.

Korea’s real GDP series is based on the reference year 2005. This does
not reflect the revised national accounts released on March 26, 2014, after
the WEO was finalized for publication. These comprehensive revisions include
implementing the 2008 System of National Accounts and updating the reference
year to 2010. As a result of these revisions, real GDP growth in 2013 was
revised up to 3 percent from 2.8 percent (which is the figure included in
Tables 2.3 and A2 of the
April 2014 WEO).

Cape Verde is now called Cabo Verde.

As in the October 2013 WEO, data for Syria are excluded for 2011 onward
because of the uncertain political situation.